Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 14:20:03 GMT From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/147347: [request] Missing memstick install setup instructions in Handbook Message-ID: <201008061420.o76EK3hR085788@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/147347; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, lukek@linux.ca
Cc: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: docs/147347: [request] Missing memstick install setup instructions
in Handbook
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:17:59 -0400
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The attached patch, discussed on doc@, adds instructions on creating a
bootable memory stick installer.
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Glen Barber
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@@ -630,6 +630,10 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
+ <para>A USB Memory Stick</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>A DOS partition on the same computer</para>
</listitem>
@@ -695,7 +699,13 @@
<procedure>
<step>
<title>Acquire the Boot Floppy Images</title>
-
+
+ <important>
+ <para>Please note, as of &os; 8.0, floppy disk images are no longer
+ available. Please see below for instructions on how to install
+ &os; using a USB memory stick.</para>
+ </important>
+
<para>The boot disks are available on your installation media
in the <filename>floppies/</filename> directory, and
can also be downloaded from the floppies directory, <literal>ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/<replaceable><arch></replaceable>/<replaceable><version></replaceable>-RELEASE/floppies/</literal>.
@@ -799,6 +809,66 @@
</step>
</procedure>
+ <para>To create a bootable memory stick, follow these steps:</para>
+
+ <procedure>
+ <step>
+ <title>Acquire the Memory Stick Image</title>
+
+ <para>The memory stick image can be downloaded from the
+ <filename class="directory">ISO-IMAGES/</filename> directory from
+ <literal>ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/<replaceable><arch></replaceable>/ISO-IMAGES/<replaceable><version></replaceable>/&rel.current;-RELEASE-<arch>-memstick.img</literal>.
+ Replace <replaceable><arch></replaceable> and
+ <replaceable><version></replaceable> with the architecture
+ and the version number which you want to install, respectively.
+ For example, the memory stick images for
+ &os;/&arch.i386; &rel.current;-RELEASE are available from
+ <ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/&arch.i386;/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/&rel.current;-RELEASE-&arch.i386;-memstick.img"></ulink>.</para>;
+
+ <para>The memory stick image has a <filename>.img</filename> extension.
+ The <filename class="directory">ISO-IMAGES/</filename> directory
+ contains a number of different images, and the one you will need
+ to use will depend on the version of &os; you are installing, and
+ in some cases, the hardware you are installing to.</para>
+
+ <important>
+ <para>Before proceeding, <emphasis>back up</emphasis> the data you
+ currently have on your USB stick, as this procedure will
+ <emphasis>erase</emphasis> it.</para>
+ </important>
+ </step>
+
+ <step>
+ <title>Prepare the Memory Stick</title>
+
+ <warning>
+ <para>The example below lists <filename>/dev/da0</filename> as the
+ target device from which you will be booting. Be very careful
+ that you have the correct device as the output target, or you
+ may destroy your existing data.</para>
+ </warning>
+
+ <para>Set the <literal>kern.geom.debugflags</literal> sysctl to be
+ able to write a master boot record to the target device.</para>
+
+ <screen><userinput>&prompt.root; sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16</userinput></screen>
+ </step>
+
+ <step>
+ <title>Write the Image File to the Memory Stick</title>
+
+ <para>The <filename>.img</filename> file is <emphasis>not</emphasis>
+ a regular file you copy to the memory stick. It is an image of
+ the complete contents of the disk. This means that you
+ <emphasis>cannot</emphasis> simply copy files from one disk to
+ another. Instead, you must use &man.dd.1; to write the image
+ directly to the disk:</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=&rel.current;-RELEASE-&arch.i386;-memstick.img of=/dev/<replaceable>da0</replaceable> bs=64k</userinput></screen>
+
+ </step>
+ </procedure>
+
<para>You are now ready to start installing FreeBSD.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
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